Frederick II Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Frederick II, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Denmark.

2 records1559–15632 events1 places

Chronological biography

1559

Accession1 January 1559

House / House of Oldenburg · King · Copenhagen

Frederick II succeeds Christian III as King of Denmark and Norway

1563

War with Sweden BeginsMay 1563

Warfare / Northern Seven Years War · King · Copenhagen

Frederick II begins war against Sweden over Baltic rivalry

Titles and roles

King

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.